CF vs. MOS, SMG, IPI, AVD, NTR, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, and ENFY
Should you be buying CF Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CF Industries include Mosaic (MOS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), Nutrien (NTR), ICL Group (ICL), CVR Partners (UAN), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), and Enlightify (ENFY).
CF Industries vs.
Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
CF Industries received 99 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.49% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 54.99% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.
CF Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mosaic. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Mosaic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CF Industries has a net margin of 20.52% compared to Mosaic's net margin of 3.24%. CF Industries' return on equity of 15.50% beat Mosaic's return on equity.
Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Mosaic pays out 160.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CF Industries pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Mosaic has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mosaic currently has a consensus price target of $32.58, suggesting a potential upside of 23.35%. CF Industries has a consensus price target of $89.20, suggesting a potential upside of 21.91%. Given Mosaic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.
In the previous week, CF Industries had 6 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for CF Industries and 23 mentions for Mosaic. Mosaic's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat CF Industries' score of 0.80 indicating that Mosaic is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CF Industries beats Mosaic on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CF) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
